extraordinary young players this year not the least of which is bryce harper of our nates, trout out there with california-- the angels. jane, i want to ask you. you wrote this book about mickey mantle, which i've just said i think is one of the big biographies i ever read about a baseball player. it was really a book of great sadness when you-- here's this kid who came up at 19, just like bryce harper did, got hurt his first year up, never really got past that injury. you always have to wonder what would he have been like had he not been hurt that first year? but how do you compare harper and young people today with mickey mantle? >> i went back, bob, and looked at the 1951 september stats for those four guys. and, you know, willy maze was the 1951 ml rookie of the year. he batted .233. he was the not reason the johnson ended up beating the dodgers. mantel, messa-messa. in september. he was sent down in august, because of his elbow and there were questions whether he was enjoying the high life too much. trout had the magnificent year but tanked in september. harper, after the nats lost five games and dav